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The Development: The new Belgian foreign direct investment screening law ("FDI Regime") imposes preclosing filing requirements on non-EU investments into various industry sectors in Belgium, including energy,...more
Merger control enforcement continues to surge around the world and reaches well beyond the largest and traditionally most active enforcers (e.g., United States, European Commission, China, and Brazil). Beyond these countries,...more
3/9/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Belgium ,
Chile ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Costa Rica ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Foreign Entities ,
French Competition Authority ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
India ,
Indonesia ,
Ireland ,
Israel ,
Italy ,
Japan ,
Malaysia ,
Merger Controls ,
New Rules ,
Peru ,
Public Comment ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Standard of Review ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Ukraine ,
Vertical Mergers ,
Vietnam
On June 6, 2017, Belgium adopted legislation ("Law") transposing the EU directive on private antitrust damages (Directive 2014/104, ("Directive")). The Law became applicable on June 22, 2017, and is expected to boost private...more
8/5/2017
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Belgium ,
Burden of Proof ,
Collective Actions ,
Competition Authorities ,
Damages ,
EU ,
EU Damages Directive ,
Evidence ,
Irrebuttable Presumptions ,
Joint and Several Liability ,
Private Right of Action